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Jeopardy Colonial America American Revolution Native Americans A New Nation Westward Expansion Exploration 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

Led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River

Who was Hernando do Soto?

Captain of the first English ship to cross the Atlantic

Who was John Cabot? A 200

The European explorer who first crossed Central America into what is now know as the Pacific Ocean

Who was Balboa? A 300

While trying to find a northern path to Europe and Asia, he found what is present day New York

Who was Henry Hudson? A 400

Name one of the areas of conflict between Europeans and Native Americans

What was land, competition for trade, disease, culture, or language?

These Native Americans lived in Northern Canada and Alaska B 100

Who are the Inuit? B 100

This Native American group used animal hides to make tepees B 200

Who are the Plains Indians? B 200

Reindeer, igloo, animal fur and feathers, fishing, and Arctic are clue words for this Native American group B 300

Who are the Inuit? B 300

Northwest coast, plank houses, seafood, and cedar are clue words for this Native American group B 400

Who are the Kwakiutl? B 400

Plants, hides, fur, plateau are clue words for this Native American group B 500

Who are the Nez Perce? B 500

The three colonial regions of the United States

What are New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern?

Fishing and ship building were important economic activities in this colonial region

What is New England? C 200

Livestock and grain were important economic activities in this colonial region

What is the Mid-Atlantic?

DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400

The major difference between slaves and indentured servants

What is slaves were owned for life and indentured servants were free at the end of their contract?

This event led to England taxing the American colonies

What was the French and Indian War?

The first armed conflict of the American Revolution

What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led colonial patriots to dump tea into the harbor during this event

What was the Boston Tea Party? D 200

This battle was considered to be a major turning point for the colonial forces in the American Revolution D 300

What was the Battle of Saratoga? D 300

This action of Great Britain was a cause of American Colonists declaring independence

What was taxation without representation? D 400

The last major battle of the American Revolution D 500

What was the Battle of Yorktown? D 500

Provided people with a written guarantee of individual rights

What is the Bill of Rights?

The three branches of government created by the Constitution

What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?

The document that established a weak national government with only one branch

What was the Articles of Confederation?

The idea to split Congress into two houses with different means of representation

What was the Great Compromise?

It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D. C It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to the White House E 500

What was the War of 1812? E 500

This doubled the size of the United States

What was the Louisiana Purchase? F 100

Led the exploration of the territory acquired by the Louisiana Purchase

Who were Lewis and Clark? F 200

A gold rush in the late 1840’s caused thousands of people to move to this present-day state

What is California? F 300

The trail that settlers from the East took as they traveled westward

What is the Oregon Trail? F 400

In order for U.S. expansion to continue, what group of people was removed during Jackson’s administration? F 500

Who were Native Americans? F 500

Suffrage Movement The Final Jeopardy Category is: Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

Click on screen to continue Helped start the National Woman Suffrage Association and served as president Click on screen to continue

Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Click on screen to continue

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